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+- a ,. 1 I. The Bill of Rights shall provide the following: A. Whenever an Employee receives disciplinary actions where anything whatsoever will be put into an Employees Personnel File, such Employee will be given a copy of the reprimand. Written reprimands will contain space for an Employee's acknowledgement of receipt of said copy. $, An Employee will only be suspended under civil service rules, regulations and procedures. C. Copies of charges and letters of suspension to any member shall be forwarded to the Negotiating Committee at the option of said Employee. Where it is reasonable to believe that alledged violations will be D• brought to the attention of the Chief of Police for disciplinary action at the Chief's level or above and dismissal, criminal actions or charges would be contemplated, such investigation or interrogation shall be conducted under the following conditions: 1. Any interrogation of the Employee shall be held at a reasonable time in relations to the Employee's work schedule, unless the exigencies of the situation require some other time. The interrogator shall, be identified to the Employee. The interrogator shall inform the Employee of the nature of the investigation. If such interrogation does occur during off-duty time of the Employee being interrogated, he shall be compensated for such off-duty time in accordance with regular department procedures. The exception to this compensation is when the Employee is arrested on a warrant or arrested on reasonable grounds to believe a crime has been committed and a warrant or indictment is later obtained. 2; No restrictions are placed on an interview, but any interrogation shall take place at the police station or any other place agreeable to both parties. 3. The Employee under investigation shall be informed prior to such _ interrogation of the rank and name of the officer in charge of the investigation, the interrogating officers aid all persons present during the interrogation. All questions directed,to the Employee under interrogation shall be asked by and through no more than two (2) interrogators. 4. The Employee under investigation shall be informed of the names and addresses of all complainants and on request the complainant may be informed of the name and address of the Employee. The investigating officer of the complaint may be the complainant. No Employee of the North Olmsted Police Department shall assume the role and/or name of the original complainant. This does not apply to criminal investigations ... r:••:~..... .. ... ....... .Jr,.. r^y.~r}.wit«t:~.. :.,. ,,, . ,.., ,.g.